BHS American Sign Language Guide

YEAR AT A GLANCE ASL- Level 1

Grade: 9-12

Unit 1

Unit 2

Unit 3

Unit 4

Unit 5

Unit 6

Suggested Pacing

4-5 weeks

2 weeks

4-5 weeks

4-5 weeks

4-5 weeks

4-5 weeks

Class Survival Skills

It’s Nice to Meet You!

Food Making Plans

Community Around Town

Unit

My Family

Making Plans

Vocabulary: Usable Vocabulary List

Vocabulary: Useable Vocabulary List

Vocabulary: Usable Vocabulary List Structure: WH Questions Number Forms (palm orientation & movement) Commands Requests Difference between ASL and English

Vocabulary: Usable Vocabulary List Structure: Subject pronouns Describing others WH Questions Yes/No 5 Parameters of a Sign

Vocabulary: Usable Vocabulary List Structure: Personal vs. Possessive Pronouns Gender distinction Ranking Incorporation Compounds signs Contrastive Structure Negations Plural Pronouns Mouth Morphemes: oo, mm, cha

Vocabulary: Usable Vocabulary List Structure: Contrastive Structure Possessive Signs and Dexis Time order Negation Temporal Aspect Spatial Organization

Structure: Descriptive Classifiers

Structure: Use visual spatialization of places Eye gaze Non-manual markers Real-world orientation/Signe r’s Topicalization

Essential Structure and

prioritized vocabulary

Testing

Pre: Mid. Aug - End Aug

Mid: Beg. Jan - Mid. Jan

Final: Mid. May - End May

WORLD LANGUAGE STANDARD(S) - NOVICE MID (NM)

INTERPRETIVE

INTERPERSONAL

PRESENTATIONAL

Receptive Skills

Interactive Skills

Expressive Skills

NM.IL Interpretive Receptive

NM.IC Interpersonal Communication

NM.PS Presentational Signing

INTERCULTURAL Cultural & Historical Eras & Themes Integrated throughout each unit

Cultural Products & Practices N.CPP

Cultural Perspectives N.CP

Cultural Interactions N.CIA

I can identify some products and practices of cultures

I can identify some basic cultural beliefs and values.

I can function at a survival level in an authentic cultural context.